About

Fly. Collect. Obsess.

The Frequent Flyer Network is the premier multi-media platform for the most influential road warriors / frequent flyers. This discerning audience is driven by travel, technology, service, add-ons and social media. The Frequent Flyer Network initially reaches these traveler influencers through its uniquely credible, authentic viewpoint and is further amplified by its social influence.

Today the center of the Frequent Flyer Network platform is our flagship site BoardingArea.com, which thrives as the online incarnation of influential social media for frequent flyers. Proven the voice of road warriors that matter — FFN has become the go-to resource for the those that matter in an ever-changing world of travel. InsideFlyer.com is a network consumer portals that gives users access to the most definitive and unique content by allowing them to deep dive into their passion of miles, points and travel in local languages. It’s also known as “the friendly place” for the frequent flyer. Other Frequent Flyer Network sites are carefully selected and curated to maintain the perfect balance of innovative content, editorial integrity and global reach, allowing us to initiate highly engaging and deeply sustained conversations with our target – the travel and rewards oriented, influential road warrior.

Founded in 1986, Frequent Flyer Services has created a unique niche for itself within the travel industry as a company that conceives, develops and markets products and services exclusively for the frequent traveler. Its focus and distinctive competency lie in the area of traveler loyalty programs. Worldwide, these frequent traveler programs in the airline, hotel, car rental and credit card industries have hundreds of millions of members who earn trillions of miles and points per year. Founded by Randy Petersen, who The Wall Street Journal calls, “…the most influential frequent flier in America,” and USA Today who first dubbed him “the frequent flyer guru” back in 1988, Frequent Flyer Services has had alliances with major brands around the globe and provides, or has provided, content and information to many of the leading sites on the Internet. Additionally, the company is a popular source for consulting opinion and services for frequent traveler programs around the world. Originally online with NewsNet and Compuserve in 1987, the company has always embraced technology. In 1995 it launched WebFlyer, the first source of frequent flyer information on the Internet and the recipient of dozens of awards.

While the company was initially most recognized for its InsideFlyer magazine, today the company is known for its keen eye on knowing what resources frequent travelers will need next. Who hasn’t heard of FlyerTalk which we founded in 1995 and celebrated its 20th birthday in 2015. And BoardingArea? Founded in 2008, it experiences between 300,000 – 500,000 visits daily from road warriors / frequent flyers. And don’t forget the Freddie Awards. Founded in 1988 its annual balloting process determines the most valuable travel loyalty programs in the world from travelers themselves. Annually over four million frequent flyers vote for their favorite programs and the voting sees nearly 24 million page views in just over a months time. And InsideFlyer? Relaunched in late 2015, it is growing as the nexus for the world’s first global footprint for road warriors—concentrated with local language websites in Norway, Denmark, Sweden, the Netherlands, the U.K. and Germany—all connected and providing advertisers and marketers the chance to talk to road warriors in many ways, in many places. Frequent Flyer Services with corporate headquarters located in Colorado Springs, CO, is a privately held company.

The Founder

Randy Petersen

Frequent Flyer Guru

Randy claims he has the world’s best job and rightfully so—he seems never to travel alone as he meets readers, fellow frequent flyers and admirers no matter where he goes in the world. His expertise might be for knowing ‘what’s next’—every project he has launched has been the first to innovate the frequent travel industry and is always a success. He credits the audience. Enough said.